Luis Suarez will not play for Uruguay again until 2016 after the player's request to have his long suspension reduced was rejected by FIFA.

The Barcelona striker, punished for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at last year's World Cup, wrote a formal letter to world football's governing body earlier this month in the hope of seeing his ban reduced.

But FIFA has confirmed to ESPN FC that any further appeal will not be considered, with the disciplinary panel's verdict final.